Edmund Rubbra

Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1970-1986 by BBC

May 23, 198134:43Society & Culture

Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Edmund Rubbra. Favourite track: Symphony No .9 In C by Franz Schubert Book: Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne Luxury: Music manuscript paper

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